The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says technical issues with its licensing system that plagued hunters trying to buy licenses and deer kill tags over the weekend have been resolved.
The DNR system provided by Tennessee-based Sovereign Sportsmen Solutions, experienced “unforeseen technical issues,” on Saturday, just hours before regular firearm deer season was set to begin in Michigan.
The system is now performing as expected, according to the DNR.
The issue began around 9 a.m. on Saturday when the licensing system began experiencing slowness and timed-out transactions as some customers tried to purchase licenses.
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The DNR continues to work with the system vendor to determine the cause of the issues, which affected Sovereign Sportsmen Solutions -supplied licensing systems in other states as well.
As of Saturday afternoon, Michigan’s licensing system was successfully processing transactions as expected with more than 45,000 hunters purchased licenses since then.
The DNR wanted to ensure the vendor’s system was selling licenses without issue for 48 hours before making this announcement, according to a news release.
Hunters who were unable to purchase licenses or deer tags due to Saturday’s system slowdown should do so online at Michigan.gov/DNRLicenses or at a local retailer as soon as possible to comply with state law.
The DNR does not have the authority to waive a license as a requirement for hunting.
Successful hunters who used a homemade deer kill tag as instructed must consider their purchased, official tag to be validated and not use it to take another deer.
Michigan’s firearm deer season opened statewide Sunday morning and continues until Nov. 30.
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